Biases in the diurnal temperature range in Central Europe in an ensemble of regional climate models and their possible causes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1275-1286

  Kyselý, Jan ^a   Plavcová, Eva ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Central Europe; Cloud cover; Diurnal temperature range; ENSEMBLES; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84866359714     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1200-4     Document Type: Article

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